"Gu Zhihan’s mom, you’ve won, please have a seat. We are about to start the parent-teacher meeting soon,"
the homeroom teacher took a deep breath, made a welcoming gesture to her, and then staggered towards the stage.
Facing such a worthy opponent at last!
Mrs. Gu smiled, pulling Mr. Gu to sit in Mengmeng and Gu Zhihan’s respective seats.
During the parent-teacher meetings, students had to wait outside.
The corridor was now filled with students.
"Gu Zhihan, let’s go to Tong Mo’s area!" Mengmeng said as she pulled her toward Tong Mo’s location.
When they reached her, Mengmeng noticed Tong Mo pacing back and forth with a phone in hand, mumbling to herself.
"Why hasn’t he come yet? They took the money, do they still want to stand me up?"
"What are you muttering about?" Luo Mengmeng asked curiously as she leaned in closer, glanced at her, and then quickly looked over to Tong Mo’s empty seat, and asked, "Didn’t your dad come to attend the meeting for you?"
"No... But I hired one!"
Hearing the first part, Mengmeng was worried that Tong Mo would have to stand at the back of the class for the next week, but she spit out her water laughing at the second part.
"What did you say? You hired a parent to come?" Luo Mengmeng’s eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at her.
She had heard of hiring before, but it was her first time hearing about hiring a parent!
"Shh! Chun Meng, why are you yelling so loudly?" Tong Mo quickly covered her mouth and dragged her into a corner.
Luo Mengmeng’s voice came out muffled through her fingers, "Is it because your dad didn’t want to attend the parent-teacher meeting for you?"
"No, I didn’t even tell him about the parent-teacher meeting," Tong Mo flatly shared the whole situation with her, "I did so poorly on my scores this time, if Tong Aiguo found out, he’d berate me to death after the meeting and might even hire a tutor, which I don’t want at all!"
"As for my stepmom, I definitely couldn’t let her attend the meeting for me; she’d probably mock me endlessly."
"So yesterday I simply went to the job market and hired someone!"
Tong Mo lifted her chin with an air of pride, looking like she was quite pleased with herself.
"I’m impressed," Luo Mengmeng was utterly speechless by now.
But looking at her still empty seat, she couldn’t help but ask, "So, where’s the person you hired?"
If they don’t show up soon, the parent-teacher meeting will be over!
Speaking of that made Tong Mo also frustrated, "I don’t know why they haven’t arrived yet. Let me try calling them."
"Hurry up and call," Luo Mengmeng nodded.
Just as Tong Mo was about to dial, a call came in.
It was the recruitment site’s number.
As soon as Tong Mo answered, an apologetic voice came through, "Ms. Tong, I’m really sorry, but the staff you reserved through us yesterday can’t come to the parent-teacher meeting for you today due to health reasons..."
"Damn!" Tong Mo cursed instantly, "What do you expect me to do now? Do you know if he doesn’t come to attend the meeting for me, I’ll have to embarrassingly stand at the back of the class listening all next week?"
Faced with Tong Mo’s roar, the voice over the phone apologized again, "I’m very sorry, Ms. Tong, but rest assured, we have already sent someone new to attend the parent-teacher meeting for you, and they should be on their way now."